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"to get dressed" in seven languages

Meaningto get dressed

Spanish

vestirse

/besˈtiɾse/

inherited

French

s'habiller

/sabije/

other source · Old French abiller 'to prepare (a log)', from bille 'log', reshaped after habit

Italian

vestirsi

/vesˈtirsi/

inherited

Portuguese

vestir-se

/vesˈtʃih si/

inherited

Brazilians put the pronoun first: eu me visto.

Romanian

îmbrăca

/ɨmbrəˈka/

other source · Latin *IMBRĀCĀRE, from BRĀCAE 'breeches'

Used reflexively: mă îmbrac 'I get dressed'.

Catalan

vestir-se

/bəsˈtirsə/

inherited

English

get dressed

/ɡɛt dɹɛst/

other source · dress (Old French dresser 'arrange')

English → Italianto get dressedvestirsiNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: vest, invest, divest.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

VESTĪRE‘to clothe’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish and Italian keep VESTĪRE as a reflexive. French habiller first meant 'to trim a log into shape' and was pulled toward habit 'clothing' by its look.

English relatives: vest, invest, divest

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In a sentence

  • esMe visto y me voy.
  • frJe m'habille et je pars.
  • itMi vesto ed esco.
  • ptEu me visto e saio.
  • roMă îmbrac și plec.
  • caEm vesteixo i me'n vaig.
  • enI get dressed and leave.

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